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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Title:
Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region
Acknowledgement:
*Credit:* Greg Bacon and Zolt Levay (STScI [ http://www.stsci.ed…])
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*Ground-based Image Credit:* Copyright Anglo-Australian Observatory, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, David Malin Photo
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*HST Image Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], N. Walborn and J. Maíz-Apellániz (STScI [ http://www.stsci.ed…]), R. Barbá (La Plata Observatory, Argentina)
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About this Object Object Name: 30 Doradus Object Description: Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud Position (J2000): R.A. 05h 38m 42s
Dec. -69° 06' 03'' Constellation: Dorado Distance: 52 kpc (170,000 light-years) Dimensions:

This image of 30 Doradus measures 200 light-years wide by 150 light-years high.

About the Data Note: This image was created from archived data of 30 Doradus from various proposals. Instrument: WFPC2 Exposure Dates: January 1994 - September 2000 Filters: F336W (U), F555W (V), F656N (Ha), F673N ([S II]), F814W (I) Principal Astronomers:

Prop. 8163: N. Walborn and J. Maíz-Apell&aa cute;niz (STScI), R. Barbá (La Plata Observatory, Argentina), L. Drissen (U. Laval, Quebec, Canada), J. Parker (SwRI), W. Brandner (ESO), E. Grebel (Max-Planck, Germany, UK)

Prop. 6122: Y-H. Chu (U. Illinois-Urbana), B. Wakker (U. Wisc-Madison), S. Points and M. Mac Low (U. Illinois-Urbana), R. Kennicutt (U. Arizona), C. Smith (NOAO-CITO, Chile) D. Bomans (U. Bochum, Germany, UK)

Prop. 5589: J. Trauger (JPL)

Prop. 5114: J. Westphal (Caltech)

About this Image Image Credit: NASA, N. Walborn and J. Maíz-Apell&aa cute;niz (STScI), R. Barbá (La Plata Observatory, Argentina) Release Date: July 26, 2001 9:00 a.m. (EDT) Orientation: Vast Star-Forming Region 30 Doradus
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*Release Date*:July 26, 2001 09:00 AM (EDT)
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2001-21a
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*Title*:Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region
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*Description*:>

Sequences begin with a ground-based view of the star-forming region 30 Doradus. Zoom into the Hubble Space Telescope image to view the central star cluster, R-136.
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Release Date:
July 26, 2001 09:00 AM (EDT)

Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region